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Convicted of felling England's famed Sycamore Gap tree in a "malicious act of vandalism," Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were today sentenced to 4 years in jail for the crime. They will serve about two years, if they are well-behaved. -- Read the ...

Morgan Geyser, then 12 and now 22, stabbed classmate Payton Leutner believing this would please Slender Man, a horrific entity conceived by Eric Knudson in 2009. After seven years in mental care, Geyser is set to be released. Details of the plan and ...

On Birthday Headlines, you can see the stuff that was going on in the world the day you were born. Simply type in your birthday and then click "show headlines." If you're lucky, you'll find out that something really cool and exciting happened on the ...

Seeing the start of a hailstorm while driving is rare -- right as it falls from the sky but before it hits the ground. The start of a hailstorm is silent, as the hail hasn't hit anything. You just see tiny white dots falling, drawing closer. -- Read ...

A meteorite known as NWA 16788 was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023. The composition of the meteorite is Martian shergottite, or lava from a planet other than the Earth. Weighing over 54 pounds, it is the largest of only 400 known Martian ...

These long exposure photos of aircrafts taking off look like real life Mario Kart tracks. In this stunning collection of photos shared on Reddit, you can see the light trails left behind from plane takeoffs. They curve through the sky like roller ...

TL;DR: Skip the 365 recurring fees for this lifetime Microsoft Office 2019 license, which is now less than $20 for only three more days. You know what's wild? Microsoft still makes a version of Office that doesn't nag you every month to renew a ...

A thread at r/MechanicalKeyboards marvels at the Incomm Scientology Keyboard, a custom-designed variant of the Cherry G80 made for the church to its requirements. The most obvious addition is a overlay card panel featuring 18 small protruding keys-

The largest known piece of Mars on planet Earth sold today for $5.3m in an auction at Sotheby's in New York City. The meteorite, designated NWA 16788, weighs 54 pounds (24.5 kilograms) and is the biggest thought to be from the Red Planet. -- Read the ...

We've all been told that if you set your mind to something you can do it, as long as you don't give up. The woman in this video seems to live by these words of wisdom. Watch as she walks the wrong way up the down escalator, causing a person-jam of ...